Trump migration proposal set up to fail

Donald Trump is further considering
his proposal to bus illegal immigrants to “sanctuary cities” after his own
administration declared the proposal dead. Trump rebelled against his own administration
to push this policy forward, which should be a warning sign that the policy is
set up to fail.

Trump claimed in a tweet that this
policy should make democrats “very happy” due to open arms policies that
democrats tend to support. Trump is trying to act as though this policy is set
up to “please” his opponents, when the proposal itself is just bad and doesn’t
make any sense.

Vox reporter Dara Lind questions
Trump’s true motivations. In a recent article, she expressed doubt that Trump’s
motivations are to please democrats, speculating that he’s actually trying to
get democrats to think “that releasing immigrants onto the streets of San
Francisco would cause crime and disruption, or that the people of San Francisco
are secretly just as anti-immigrant as he is and would freak out if they
actually saw immigrants in their neighborhoods.”

Trump called on democratic lawmakers
in a tweet stating “Democrats must change the Immigration Laws FAST. If not,
Sanctuary Cities must immediately ACT to take care of the Illegal Immigrants –
and this includes Gang Members, Drug Dealers, Human Traffickers, and Criminals
of all shapes, sizes and kinds. CHANGE THE LAWS NOW!”

This tweet indicates Trump’s true
motivations, which are to get his opponents to look like hypocrites by turning
on their “open arms” policies, even though Trump’s migrant proposal will most
likely fail. Placing every illegal immigrant in one city would suddenly increase
poverty levels in certain cities, and would give these cities room to support
themselves alongside new residents.

Political analyst Aaron Blake
stated his belief that Trump is bluffing to put those living in sanctuary
cities in the position of saying they cannot take immigrants, posing them to
look like hypocrites in the eyes of Republicans. “This likely isn’t actually a
serious policy consideration by Trump. He likes to stir the pot,” stated Aaron
Blake.

While it’s most likely that Trump
is trying to elicit a reaction from his opponents, or the Democratic Party, Trump
signaled that he is trying to move forward with the policy. “Those Illegal
Immigrants who can no longer be legally held (Congress must fix the laws and
loopholes) will be, subject to Homeland Security, given to Sanctuary Cities and
States!” Stated Trump in a tweet.

Trump’s agenda is to manipulate the
Democratic Party into looking like hypocrites, due to this policy being framed
as Trumps take on an “open arms” policy, when the reason Trump is facing
opposition is not because of fear of immigrants, but rather because the policy
is set up by Trump to fail.